The more and the more I let that book sink into me - past my bones and flesh, deep into me, and the more and the more I become whomever it is I will be, I realise. . .
(Elizabeth Marie Dieterich)
Elizabeth Jane Dieterich
"Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God.. . . and I will also write on him my new name."
(Revelation 3:12)
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. . . "
(2 Corintians 5:17)
" . . Will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh."
(Genesis 2:24)
"You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes. . ." (Song of Solomon 4:9)
"Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? "
(Song of Solomon 8:5)
"And when the Bridegroom comes,
There will be noise,
There will be glad,
And a perfect bed. . . "
("Vito's Ordination Song", Sufjan Stevens)
"Are you anything akin to me, do you think, Jane?"
(ch. 23, Jane Eyre)